Rosette for bridles



(No Model.)

W. J. BITTER.

ROSETTE FOR BRIDLES.

Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. BITTER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ROSETTE FOR BRIDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,848, dated Apri1.13, 1886.

Application filed May 19, 1884. Renewed March 12, 1886. Serial No. 195,039. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BITTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rosettes for HarnessBridles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rosettes for bridles and other parts of harness, and has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction thereof, and at the same time to render the same strong, durable, and attractive; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts, hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom perspective view with one end of the loop-bar detached; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view with both ends of the loopbar attached; Fig. 3, a front elevation, partly in section; and Fig. 4, a central sectionalview on the line a" a, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the front plate or cap of the rosette stamped, struck up, punched, or spun from a single piece of metal of any desired configuration, and with a circumferential flange, a, having lips a. \Vithin this cap,wilh its outer edge fitting close to the sides of the flange a, there is fitted a back plate, B. also struck up, punched, or otherwise formed from a single piece of metal or other suitable material, and made with a circumferential flange, b, which flange will fit close to the flange a of the cap A, as seen in Fig. 4. This plate is held to the cap by overlapping the lips a over onto its outer face, as seen in Fig. 1. It will be observed that the two parts thus formed are simple and strong, and that they can be readily connected and disconnected.

The rosette is provided with a loop-bar, C, for its attachment to the desired part of the harness, which bar is formed with bent ends 0, and can be easily attached and detached after the two plates have been put together, if necessary. To admit of the attachment of this bar to the rosette, the back plate, B, is formed atone point with a hole, d, and at another point with an angular slot, t, which is preferably L-shaped, as shown, with the long arm thereof preferably curved in the are of a circle, so

as to permit one end of the barto move therein in the are of a circle. If desired, the terminus of said slotiu which the end of the bar rests may beslightly enlarged,as shown. Instead of curving said slot in the arc of a circle, the same may be made wide enough to permit the bar to be moved and describe such an are, as is obvious. Along one edge of the slotthere is formed a catch or tang, s, which may be turned down to lock the bar-in place, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

The bar is attached by passing one end through the hole (1, and then lowering the other end so that its bent portion will pass through the short arm cf the slot, which brings it under the plate, aftcrwhich the baristurned until the bent end passes the tang s,when the latter is turned down and the bar securely held and locked to its place.

The manner of applying the loop-bar is not only simple, but it admits of the bar being attached and detached after the cap and back plate have been secured together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with the cap and the back plate formed with an angular slot, of the detachable loop barhaving bent ends, and secured tothe plate by one end passing through the plate and the other end fitting in the our gnlar slot, substantially as described.

2. The-combination, with the cap and the back plate formed with an angularslot, of the detachable loop-bar having bent ends, and secured to the plate by oneend passing through the plate and the other end through the angular slot, and a tang to cross said slot to lock the bar therein, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the cap and the back plate formed with an angular slot, of a pivoted loop-bar having one end titted in said slot, so as to move therein in the arc of a circle, and a catch to confine the bar in saidslot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereot'I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM J. BITTER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. TUCKER, J OSEPH N (house. 

